WSP11691

• File Number: 8112.600
• Description: Arkansas White Red Basins Interagency Committee - AWRBIAC -- Reports
• Basin: Arkansas
• Water Division: 2
• Date: 4/1/1977
• Title: Technical Memorandum -- Activity 3 Phase II -- Specific Problem Analysis - 1975 National Assessment -- Arkansas-White-Red Region Part 2 of 2
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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The West Gulf Coastal Plain stands between 100 and 500 feet
above sea level. It has a gently rolling surface, only moderately
dissected by streams, Much of the surface material is unconsolidated
sands deposited in the sea which once covered the area.

The Mississippi Alluvial Plain is a trough filled by stream
sediments of great depth. The surface is generally flat, with
local relief of less than 100 feet. Elevations range from 500
to 100 fe~t, decreasing southward,

Population

1985
2000
2020

420,400
511,600
604,900

Earnings
1967 dollars (thousands)

Agricul ture
Manufacturing

1985
8,500
355,600

2000
9,800
642,600

2020
12,800
1,196,100

In Pulaski County, earnings from crops are about twice those
from livestock, while in Saline County livestock produces approxi-
mately ten times the earnings of crops.

Manufacturing is highly varied in the area. Examples of
types are metal fabrication, food processing, electrical and
non-electrical machinery, forest products, primary metals,
chemicals, and many others.

Statewide Type IV

For study area description, see Statewide Section 208 Study.

Public Law 83-566 Program

Description of individual watershed proposals will not be
attempted here; two reasons dictate this decision:

I, The number of such projects.
At present, eight (8) such studies have been proposed
but have not yet begun, and eleven (11) watershed
plans are in progress,

2. All such projects affect a similar type of area--
mostly rural, agriculture dominates local economy,
Only occasionslly towns are affp.cterl.

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